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UK hits target to offer every adult COVID jab by July end

The United Kingdom government on Sunday declared it had hit its target of offering every adult in the country a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this month ahead of time. The Department of Health......

Delta variant 8 times less sensitive to vaccines: Study

The Delta variant of coronavirus is eight times less sensitive to antibodies generated by vaccines as compared to the original strain that came from China's Wuhan, according to a new study. The......

Duchess of Cambridge self-isolating after Covid contact

Britain's Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, has been forced into self-isolation for 10 days after coming in contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, Kensington Palace......

Star-studded economic panel marks Stalin's break with past

Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and......

Meghan and Harry welcome daughter Lilibet 'Lili' Diana

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, have announced the birth of their daughter, Lilibet 'Lili' Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. A statement from the couple's press......

'As finance minister, it is very difficult to do as much as one should'

'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly,' Tamil Nadu Finance......

Cyber agency asks FB users to change profile settings to 'private'

The country's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform......

Another data theft; personal details of 533 mn Facebook users leaked

Personal details of about 533 million Facebook users globally, including 6.1 million from India, were allegedly leaked online and posted for free on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Edtech start-up Eruditus gets funding from Zuckerberg duo

Eruditus runs on a partnership model with top global universities such as MIT, Columbia, Harvard, Cambridge, INSEAD, Wharton, and UC Berkeley, offering courses in coding, data science, fintech,......

When did vying for attention become so evil?

The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi. IMAGE: A scene from The Social Dilemma. All photographs: Kind courtesy......

It's a sweep for 1917 at Baftas!

IMAGE: Callum McDougall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Jayne-Ann Tenggren with their awards for Outstanding British Film for 1917. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Sam......

Amitabh@50: Stories you didn't know about the star

Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month. The long, fascinating and illustrious......

Super 30: 'Show your kids this inspiring movie'

'You come out of the theatre feeling happy, inspired, with moist eyes and in awe.' Hrithik Roshan's new film Super 30 tells an inspirational real life story, and audiences are suitably inspired.......

Beckham, Boris, Cruise at Euro final

IMAGE: Prince William with Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, and his elder son Prince George at the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final. Photograph: Frank Augstein - Pool/Getty Images British......

What's Priyanka Chopra doing at Wimbledon?

As Wimbledon got to the business end, celebrities poured in for the finals of most-awaited Grand Slam of the year. Priyanka Chopra Jonas watched the women's singles final between Ashleigh Barty and......

'Family person' Barty can't wait to get home

IMAGE: Ashleigh Barty holds her niece Olivia during a press conference at the 2020 Australian Open. Barty spoke to her family, who were unable to travel to London from their Queensland home for......

PIX: Boris Johnson, Beckham, Sheeran watch Eng enter Euro final

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former England skipper David Beckham, Prince William and the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as well as singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran were in the......

MCC rejects bamboo bats, terms it 'illegal'

'Currently, law 5.3.2 states that the blade of the bat must consist solely of wood.' IMAGE: According to a study by Darshil Shah and Ben Tinkler-Davies from the University of Cambridge, bats made......

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